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C. H. KAHLER. GASII INDICATOR .AND REGISTER.

No. 409,206. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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No. 409,206. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE H. KAIILER, OF VILMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,206, dated August20, 1889.

Application iiled August 27, 1888. Serial No. 283,849. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. KAHLER, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at W'ilmington, in the county of IV ill and Stateof Il1inois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCash-Registers, of which the following is a specification,referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings and the letters andfigures of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the cashregister as it wouldappear ready for use, showing three banks of push-keys numbered torepresent dollars and cents. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional viewon line l of Fig. 10 looking in the direction of the arrow, showing onekey-slide and the parts operated by it. Figs. 3, et, 5, G, 7, 9, ll, andl2 are detail perspective views of parts shown in Figs. 2, 8, and 10, toclearly show their form. Fig. 8 is a similar view to that shown in Fig.2, showing the push-key pushed in and showing the reverse movement ofthe parts operated by it. Fig. 9 is a perspective View of one series ofthe keys, showing their graduated series of rests, and Fig. l0 isa topplan view showing a part of the outer case removed to show'the parts ofa single section of the device.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the outer case of the device,having the doors H and D, and the extension-top provided with glasssides B for exposing the tablets to view from either side of the case.As each keyslide operates in precisely the same manner and upon similarparts, a description of the construction and operation of one will besuffe cient for all. The key-slides are arranged as shown in Fig. l, inthree separate sections or groups, the one at the right representingdollars from one to nine, both inclusive, the center series representingcents from ten to ninety, both inclusive, and the left-hand seriesrepresenting cents from one to nine, both inclusive. i

Looking at Figs. 2, 8, and lO, the description will apply to thekey-slide representing nine dollars in the right-hand section and theparts it operates. The mechanism of each section is precisely1 like theother section, except the key-slides are numbered to represent differentdenominations.

c is a reciprocatingkey-slide having anumbered push-button a on itsouter exposed end, and is supported properly in and across the case A,immediately below the door II, by means of the longitudinally-arrangedcrossbars t at its rear end and cross-bars c at its forward end.

n is a tablet-rod having the tablet n" secured at its upper end numberedthe same as the push-button a of slide c, and held in place by means ofthe longitudinal cross-bars c fu", and connected with slide c, by meansof abellcrank e, in such manner that said tablet-rod will be movedupward when said slide is pushed in.

r and r are shafts longitudinally arranged across the case A, and E andF are registering-dials respectively loosely arranged on said shafts,and each having their peripheries divided into notches numbered from Oto 99, bot-h inclusive, the wheel F having a pin .I on its side'arrangedto engage a notch in wheel F and rotate said wheel one notch at eachrevolution of wheel F. Said slide c has arranged on its lower side thedepending pins c and c, the pin c being for the purpose of engaging theoscillating cross-bar t', and the pin c being for the purpose ofsimultaneously engaging the upper bar o3 of frame o and moving themforward when said slide is pushed in.

S is a rectangular frame boxed on shaft r and designed to oscillatethereon. The lower bar SS of said frame S is provided with two extendingarms S and Sl (see Fig. 4,) the arm S being provided on its outer endwith a spring-dog S6 for engaging the peripheral notches of dial F, andthe arm S for engaging the rear side of cross-bar Z.

When the frame S oscillates from its normal position shown in Fig. 2 tothat shown in Fig. S, the upper cross-bar S is arrested by the rest r onthe upper side of the slide c, causing the dog Sb' on the outer end ofarm S to traverse or move over the number of notches on the periphery ofdial F permitted TOO 2,) the dog t5, being engaged with anotch oncross-shalt .1', and is hinged at its upper side the peripherv l. dialF, causes said dial to be to the rear edge ot the horizontal plate l,

rotated with said. frame, causing dog li, held in a horizontal posit-ionby passing be- 7o which engages the notches otdialll atitsuptween guidesarranged iin the ends ot' the per side, to traverse the number otnotches case, as shown. The lower side ol said l'rame on said dialcorresponding with the number is connected by means ol' a short chain 4Wof the push-key pushed in, when dog S ento the dog` NV', which ispivoted at about its gages arm T, secured on shaft `r and recenter tothe ends of the ease. The lower 75 leases it l'roin further contact withsaid. dial, part ot' lever )V is weighted so as to cause it [o thenumber olf :notches that have passed by to stand normally in a verticalpositimi, as dog '5 being determined by the height of shown. The lowerend oli' the tablet-rml 'n rest ron the slide c. is provided with adetent WV, preferably O is a rectangular frame boxed on erossmade ofrubber, arranged to project at one 8o shaft O :in such manner that itcan oseillate side toward plate XV and rest upon its outer r thereon.The upper bar o3 oit' said frame is edge, when the tablet-rodismovedtobe above provided with a rearwardly-extondiug arm it bythe bell-crank.and slide. Said plate W o', (see Fig. 5,) the extending end ot' whichretains the tablet-rod in its elevated position,

arm .is intended to engage the iront side of as shown in Fig S, alterthe slide c has reep- 85 bar Sig ol' frame S to retain said trame in itsroeated forward and caused the bell-mank to 2o normalposition. (ShowninFig. 2.) Said frame return,until rod laattaehed to door l), moves O isboxed at its rear side on shaft O, so as `forward l'rom the positionshown in l `ig. L to to throw its weight on the forward side of thatshown in Fig. S, when its rear bent end said shatt to overbalanee arm Oand hold it will engage the lower end ot' dogXV and eause 9o Ain theposit-ion shown in Fig. i), and so the it, through the medium ol.' frame\.V, to wille ubber bar o of frame O will constantly endraw plate )Wfrom contact with said tablet gage dependingpin e ol slide e, by whichpin rod andlet it drop to its lrstpositlon. (Shown said frame isoseillated. in Fig. 2.)

i .is a cross-bar having depemling arms 'i' and ll are spring-dogspivoted to some 95 at cach end, the lower ends ol which arms areadjacent object above dials E and F, so as lo 3o respectively pivoted tothe inner sides ot the engage with their peripheral notches and precase(see Fig. 7) in such manner that aid vent their backward rotatimnwhichdogs also cross-bar may rest continuously against the operate toindicate the amount ol cash that depending pin c of slide c aud beoscillated should be in the till T by the number ol.' the loo by saidslide as it reciprocates. notch it is on inspection, found to rest in at3 5 a lever pivotally secured at about its the close of the day.

center tothe inner end oit' thecase A, theupper T is the money-tillwithin the ease and ae end of which lever rests on cross-bar li, andeessible only through door l). its lower end, which is bent to one side,rest In operation, when the slide e is pushed in 105 ing on the bar L.Said bar L has itst'orward by means ol' pressure on its push-button oits 4.o end pivotally secured to the inner sidc ot' depending pins e ewill simultaneously enthe door l), and its rear end is held and supgagethe upper bar o ot' iframe e and crossported bythe coil-spring Said barL has bar i and move them rearwarrfl` and at the a notch on Vits upperside about at its center saine time move the bell-crank e lo elevate 1rolor receiving the permanent li'ulcrum-cateh d, the tablet-rod ln toexpose i ts tablet n to view. secured to the inner end of the case. WhenPressure on bar i raises the upper end ot' .lesaid bar L is .in itsnormal position, as shown ver X,eausing it to bear down on rod L and inFig. 2, said bar holds door l) closed and release it from catch d, whenspring t will locked by means of its engagement with said move rod Lforwari'l, causing it to open door l) i i5 catch, and is held in Contactwith said catch and, trip the dog )V to drop any tablet-rod 5o by meansot said coil-spring t. )Vhon said that had previously been elevated andrestbar L is released from said catch by means ing on plate XV, Thisgives access to the till of pressure from lever :.r, the spring t will Tand also moves bar Z, connected with door move said bar L forward andopen door l), D, forward to relieve it from contact with izo as shown inFig. S. arm S oli' frame Said lrame can oscillale Z is a crosssbarhaving depending arms Z' on shat't r after its lower bar S has been reatcach end, (see Fig. l l) pivotally secured at lieved from contact witharm (Y on account their lower ends to the lloor of the ease. Said offrame o having been oseillatilal by the slide cross-bar Z is connectedwith the door l) by e through the medium olf pin e', so that all 1 meansol the link. L', so that when said door the parts are changed Vl'rom thepositions 6o is opened and closed it will oscillate said. shown in Fig.2 to that ,shown in Fig. In cross-bar. Said cross-bar is :for thepurpose the instance shown the slide numbered il has of engaging thelower side ot' arm S ol. been pushed Vin and has elevated thetabletflame S (see Figs. 2, l, and S) to oseillate saidrodhavingacorrespoinlingnumberindicating 13o frame S back from theposition shown in Fig. that nine dollars had been received and placed Sto that shown in Fig, 2, and for holding it in the till, after which thedoor fl.) Vis closed, in such position so long as door D is closed.which causes cross-bar Z to engage arm S, XV is a rectangular frameboxed on the and oscilla-te frame S back toits original po sition,causing dial F to be rotated in the direction of the arrow nine notches.The rest r on the slide is of the proper height to arrest bar S in itsrearward oscillation when dog Sj has moved over nine notches, and whensaid frame S is oscillated to its original position, as stated, dog S6will rotate dial F forward and cause it to rotate nine notches.

f Z is a pin xed on shaft r to arrest dog SG in its upward movement, anddisengage it from dial F at the proper time to prevent its rotating dialF too far. Each slide c in a series is provided with a rest of adifferent height from the others, which determines the degree ofoscillation of frame S and regulates the number of notches the dials areto be rotated.

Fig. 9 shows a series or row of key-slides of one section of themachine, each slide bearing a rest r of a different height from theothers and arranged in a graduated series of the proper height to arrestbar S at the proper time, so dial F will only be rotated the number ofnotches corresponding with the number of the key-slide by which it was'operated.

A series of key-slides and their rests r are shown in their normalposition in Figs. Qand 9, in which position said rests all stand in linewith each other. lVhen any one of the series of key-slides is movedrearward to the position shown in Fig. 8,its rest is necessarily movedbeyond and out of line with the others in the series. lVhen a key-slideis so moved rearward, the frame S then oscillates so its upper bar S"will be arrested by the rest r of the key-slide moved rearward, as shownin Fig. 8, passing over the rests not moved and not being in contactwith any of those not moved g hence the rotation of frame S is governedby the height of the rest r its bar S may engage, and not on the degreeof reciprocation of the key-slides, as they are all intended toreciprocate the same distance.

Only one slide in a section can be used in one operation-as,for example,if four dollars and twenty-nine cents were to be placed in the till thefollowing slides would be pushed in, viz: et in the right-hand section,20 in the center section, and 9 in the left-hand section. Supposing thedials E F of each section were set so said dogs B B were respectively innotch O or zero of the dial, the dial F in the righthand'section wouldbe moved four notches, indicating four dollars, the dial F in the centersection would be moved two notches, and' the dial F in the left-handsection would be moved nine notches. The amount of cash put in the saidtill would be indicated by the numbers of the notches in which the dogsB' B of their dials were found to rest, the aggregate of the numbers ofsaid notches corresponding with the amount put in the till.

The dial F is providedwith a pin'J on its side, which pin will engage anotch oir dial E and rotate said dial one notch forward each time dial Frotates once around. The notches on wheel E represent hundreds-that is,notch l represents one hundred, notch 2 two hundred, &c.-so that inreading the dials, if dial F stood so dog B was in notch 9, and dial Estood so dog B was in notch 5, the dials would indicate five hundred andnine dollars had been placed in the till, or should be there. The dialsin each section are of course read in the same manner.

At the close of the day the aggregate of the numbers of the notches ofall the dials of the three sections when read, as stated, willcorrespond with the total amount of cash in or what should be in thetill. 1f higher or dit'- ferent numbers are desired to be indicated,other sections can be added to the machine, suoli as a sectionrepresenting one hundred dollars to nine hundred dollars, thc.

Having thus described myinvention, whatI claim asnew, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a cash-register, the combination of the series of numberedkey-slides having a graduated series of rests r, the series oftablet-rods having numbered tablets to correspond with the numbers ofthe key-slides, the dial-wheels E and F, having numbered peripheralnotches, the oscillating frame S, having the cross-bar S and themechanism described for rotating said dials, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. In the cash-register shown and described, the combination of thedials E and F, having numbered peripheral notches, the oscillating frameS, the dial E being arranged to be rotated by dial F one notch to eachrevolution of dial F, a series of numbered key-slides for rotating saiddials, and having rests or stops fr for controlling the rotation of saiddials, so as to cause them to rotate the sufiicient number of notches toregister the aggregate of the denominational numbers of the keyslides,and the mechanism, substantially as shown, for connecting said slidesand dials, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In the cash-register shown and described, in combination with thedials E and F, having numbered peripheral notches, the door D, and themechanism for connecting said dials and door, substantially asspecified, whereby the dials are rotated when said door is closed, thenumber of notches corresponding with the number of the key slide orslides by which said door was opened, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

CLARENCE H. KAHLER.

Witnesses:

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